The Seagull Speaks: Alone?

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

“They are saying in the Flock that if you are not the Son of the Great Gull Himself”, Fletcher told Jonathan one morning after Advanced Speed Practice, “then you are a thousand years ahead of your time.”
Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood he thought. They call you devil or they call you god. “What do you think, Fletch? Are we ahead of our time?”
A long silence, “Well, this kind of flying has always been here to be learned by anyone who wanted to discover it; that’s got nothing to do with time. We’re ahead of the fashion, maybe. Ahead of the way that most gulls fly.”“That’s something,” Jonathan said, rolling to glide inverted for a while. “That’s not half as bad as being ahead of our time”.
Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Alone?

Alone,

Sitting,

Staring,

Wondering,

Thinking.

Moon,

Eternal,

Faceless,

Blameless,

Watching.

Clouds,

Chasing,

Racing,

Unhurried,

Gentle.

Stars,

Flickering,

Delicate,

Ancient,

Secretive.

Sea,

Lapping,

Crashing,

Powerful,

Profound.

Love,

Beautiful,

Deep,

Unfathomable,

Perfect.

Us,

Alone,

Sitting,

Staring,

Thinking,

Wondering.

Am I alone in nature or not? I used to retreat to 'my hill' overlooking the low lying levels to get some time and space to myself....this is a simple poem but I have a deep sense even now of 'thinking' and 'wondering' about nature...I'm alone but I can also be with the one I love....

The Seagull Speaks

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Alone?

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